Democracy

Sure, Washington Has Always Supported Democracy in Haiti

Sure, Washington Has Always Supported Democracy in Haiti Sure, Washington Has Always Supported Democracy in Haiti

American politicians’ rhetoric on Haiti remains woefully disconnected from reality.

Jan 26, 2016 / Greg Grandin

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders Is the Realist We Should Elect Bernie Sanders Is the Realist We Should Elect

Sanders’s message is clear: Trust yourself. Come together, take back the country and make this nation better. 

Jan 26, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Visualizing the Four Freedoms: FDR’s Fighting Artist, Arthur Szyk

Visualizing the Four Freedoms: FDR’s Fighting Artist, Arthur Szyk Visualizing the Four Freedoms: FDR’s Fighting Artist, Arthur Szyk

We all know about Norman Rockwell. But it was Szyk who best conveyed the life-or-death urgency of the struggle against fascism.

Jan 8, 2016 / Allison Claire Chang

Jarosław Kaczyński

Regime Change in Poland, Carried Out From Within Regime Change in Poland, Carried Out From Within

Since taking office in November, the Law and Justice party has abandoned the institutions of liberal democracy in the raw pursuit of power.

Jan 8, 2016 / David Ost

Where to Invade Next

Michael Moore Has a Plan to Make America Great Again Michael Moore Has a Plan to Make America Great Again

A necessary antidote to buffoonery and cynicism.

Jan 4, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

January 4, 2007: Nancy Pelosi Becomes the First Woman Elected Speaker of the House of Representatives

January 4, 2007: Nancy Pelosi Becomes the First Woman Elected Speaker of the House of Representatives January 4, 2007: Nancy Pelosi Becomes the First Woman Elected Speaker of the House of Representatives

“She will be aided if others turn up the heat on her, raising their expectations for what Democrats can achieve.”

Jan 4, 2016 / Richard Kreitner

Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton during the Democratic presidential primary debate, Saturday, December 19, 2015, at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Resolution for 2016: Let’s Have Lots More Presidential Debates Resolution for 2016: Let’s Have Lots More Presidential Debates

Robert Reich is petitioning the DNC to open up the process. Let’s make this the start of a fight for more debates in the primary season and this fall.

Jan 1, 2016 / John Nichols

Representative-elect Bernie Sanders at an orientation for Congressional freshmen, November 28, 1990.

When the Berlin Wall Fell, Bernie Sanders Didn’t Respond Like Other Politicians When the Berlin Wall Fell, Bernie Sanders Didn’t Respond Like Other Politicians

Instead of heralding “the end of history,” Sanders called on Americans to take the revolutions of 1989 as a model.

Dec 22, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Surreace Cox, of North Charleston, South Carolina, holds a sign during a prayer vigil down the street from the Emanuel AME Church following the mass shooting there.

How Can We Protect Our Communities From Homegrown Terrorism? How Can We Protect Our Communities From Homegrown Terrorism?

America must start rejecting the politics of fear.

Dec 15, 2015 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

The Power of Moral Mondays

The Power of Moral Mondays The Power of Moral Mondays

Reverend Barber’s multi-racial movement for justice.

Dec 1, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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